Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Wrt to the 9 months. It's 9 months because Delta fought the state sick law that MI passed. My understanding is that the outcome was that we'd be covered by the new state sick at the next contract amenable date. At least that's how it was explained to me.
The original wording of the law/FAQ says that if you are covered by a contract like ours, the State sick won't be required until the contract expires - which ours does at the end of 2026. The arguing was over the words, "expires" - a contract under the RLA doesn't actually expire, it becomes amendable.. so ALPA went back and forth with the company and the State of MI over that.. summary - it takes affect at the end of 2026. The FAQ now says "expires or is amendable".
Fun fact - the FAs get it now, because they aren't under a contract...